Mr. Loudermilk, son of the late F.
V. and Mattie
Loudermilk, was born November 22, 1916, in Comanche county. He was a
retired
driver for Merchants Freight, a veteran of World War II, and a member
of the
Church of Christ.

He is survived by a son, Lee Walter
Loudermilk of Dublin;
two daughters, Edna and Gail Loudermilk, both of Dublin; and a sister,
Oma Mae
Ellison of Dublin.[MARKER][PHOTO]
[SERVICE]

ETTA MILDRED LOUDERMILK

Etta M. Loudermilk, 78, of Comanche
passed away at Western
Hills Nursing Home at 3:15 p.m. Friday, August 8, 1995.

Funeral services were held at 2:00
p.m., Sunday, August
20, in the Comanche Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Downing
Cemetery.

Mrs. Loudermilk was born in
Comanche to William C. Reed
and Mary Norwood Reed. On August 8, 1936 she married Leldon Loudermilk
in
Comanche. He preceded her in death on January 20, 1994.

She was a lifelong resident of
Comanche County and a
housewife.

Survivors are two sons, Weldon
Loudermilk of Hassee, and
Dalton Loudermilk of Pavillion, WY, two daughters, Glenda Thomas of
Amarillo,
and Faye King of Herford.

Two sisters, Susie Woolsey and Eva
King, both of Comanche.
One brother, George Reed of Sidney, 8 grandchildren and 7 great
grandchildren.

FRANKLIN HARDY
LOUDERMILK

(De Leon)

Franklin Hardy Loudermilk, 62, a
farmer and rancher, and
U.S. Army veteran, died Friday, Feb. 16, 2001, at his residence.

Franklin Hardy Loudermilk was born
Nov. 16, 1938, in
Gorman, to the late George Hardy Loudermilk and Oma Catherine Scott,
and had
resided in the De Leon/Downing area all his life. He married Patricia
(Pat)
Parker, May 18, 1968, in De Leon. He was a member of De Leon Church of
Christ.

GEORGE MARTIN
LOUDERMILK

George Martin Loudermilk, 83, of
Arlington, Texas, passed
away on Sunday, October 20, 2002 at his residence. He was born on
August 29, 1919
at Downing, Texas to the late O.A. Loudermilk and Dixie Marie Hanson
Loudermilk. He was married to Elsie Powell on August 2, 1940, in
Brownwood,
Texas. He retired after 38 years with General Dynamics Aerospace
Corporation
where he served as vice-president of operations. He had resided in
Arlington
for 16 years, coming from San Diego, California. He was a member of
Black
Mountain Church of Christ in San Diego.

Funeral services were on Thursday,
October 24, 2002 at
2:00 p.m. at Nowlin Funeral Home Chapel with burial at the Downing
Cemetery.
Kris Groda officiated. Nowlin Funeral Home was in charge of
arrangements.

Survivors are his wife, Elsie
Loudermilk of Arlington; two
sons, Robert Loudermilk of Arlington; and Ronald Gail Loudermilk of
Albuquerque, New Mexico; one daughter, Linda Carole Johnson of San
Diego,
California; two step-brothers, Lewis Monroe and Gene Monroe, both of
Fort
Worth, Texas; 4 grandchildren, Nicholas and Erika Johnson of San Diego,
California; and Lauren and Daniel Loudermilk of Arlington. He was
preceded in
death by one step-brother LeRoy Monroe and one sister Ina Mae Smith.[MARKER][PHOTO]

GEORGIE JACKSON LOUDERMILK

Georgie Jackson Loudermilk, 73, of
De Leon died Sunday,
February 19, 1978, at 7:15 p.m. in the De Leon Hospital following a
lengthy
illness.

Mr. Loudermilk was born June 11,
1904, in Downing to the
late Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Loudermilk. He married Annie Bell Colcleasure
in 1934
and she preceded him in death in 1946. In 1952 he married Beuna
Simpson, who
preceded him in death in 1972. Mr. Loudermilk was a farmer and a member
of the
Church of Christ.

Funeral services were held Tuesday,
February 21, 1978, at
10:30 a.m. in the Downing Church of Christ with Brother Jimmy Cantwell,
Brownwood, officiating. Burial was in the Downing Cemetery under the
direction
of Nowlin Funeral Home.

Survivors include nieces and
nephews: Edith Torres of
California, Maye Ellison of Garland, E. W. Loudermilk of Whitesboro,
Elvin
Loudermilk of Abilene, Leldon Loudermilk of Comanche, and Jackie
Hamilton of De
Leon. Georgie was preceded in death by his parents, one son, five
brothers and
two sisters.

I. MOZELLE WILLIAMS
LOUDERMILK

I. Mozelle Williams Loudermilk,
born October 4, 1909, died
Sunday, April 6, 1997.

The daughter of Charles B.
Williams, Sr. and Yetta Sharp
Williams, she grew up in Comanche, Fairview Community and married
Houston
Loudermilk in 1929. While in Comanche, she was a long time member of
the Church
of Christ in Downing, Texas.

Mozelle moved to Austin, Texas in
1965. There she was a member
of the South Side Church of Christ and later the Southwest Church of
Christ.

IMA MELINDA LOUDERMILK

Graveside services for Ima Melinda
Loudermilk, 87, of
Whitesboro, former De Leon resident were held at 2 o’clock Tuesday
afternoon,
November 1, 1988, in the Downing Cemetery. Officiating was Payne Hattox.

Arrangements were by Nowlin Funeral
Home, De Leon.

She died Sunday, October 30, in a
Whitesboro nursing home.

She was born in Comanche County.
She was a homemaker and
the widow of William Franklin Loudermilk. She was a member of Downing
Church of
Christ.

Survivors include a
daughter-in-law, Dorothy Loudermilk of
Whitesboro, two brothers, Claude “Pete” Stark and Robert O. Stark, both
of
Comanche, two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and a
great-great-grandchild.

MARY F. LOUDERMILK

Mary F. Loudermilk, a homemaker,
died Sunday at her Fort
Worth home. She was 75. Mary was born 30 Sep 1917 and died 26 Oct 1992.

Graveside service will be at 4 p.m.
today, 31 Oct 1992, in
Downing Cemetery in the Downing community near De Leon. Nowlin Funeral
Home in
De Leon is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Loudermilk was born in Gorman
and had lived in Fort
Worth since 1952. She was a member of Morgan Baptist Church in Morgan
and
Wedgewood Chapter 756, Order of the Eastern Star.

Her husband, R. Q. Loudermilk, died
in 1974.

Survivors: Three sisters, Ruby Bush
of De Leon, Mattie
Lane of Meridian and Anna Ladd of Dallas.[MARKER][PHOTO]

MINTIE CAROLINE
LOUDERMILK

(Sketch of the Life of Mrs. W. H.
Loudermilk)

PAGE
65

Mrs. W. H. Loudermilk, age 73
years, 11 months and 28
days, passed on about 1:30 a.m. April 25, 1945. Death came very
suddenly. She
was born April 27, 1871. Her maiden name was Wilson, daughter of Vol
and Sarah
(Isham) Wilson, pioneers of Comanche County. She was married in 1889 to
Walter
H. Loudermilk who preceded her in death some six years ago.

Survivors include eight sons and
two daughters living, two
sons deceased. Surviving are Ewell, H. L. and M. L. Loudermilk of
Brownwood, E.
V., Lee, Roy, Houston and Don Loudermilk of Downing, and two daughters,
Mrs. A.
T. Hafford and Mrs. Noble Lesley of Downing. Also, two brothers, Dave
and John
A. Wilson of Route 1, Comanche, and two sisters, Mrs. Joe Griffith of
Santa Anna,
and Mrs. J. L. Bishop of Downing.

The funeral service was held at the
Little White Church
House by the Side of the Road at Downing, known as the Church of
Christ, April
26th at 3 p.m., where she had worshiped for 50 years,
conducted by
Brother Eubanks of Mercury.

The pallbearers were her nephews,
Lofton Bishop, George
Hardy, W. F. and G. J. Loudermilk, Lester Wilson and Loyd Boyett.
Flowers were
carried by her nieces.[MARKER][PHOTO]

LOIS LOUDERMILK

Funeral services for Mrs. Lois
Loudermilk, 78, Comanche,
were held at 10:30 o’clock Friday morning, September 20, in Comanche
Funeral
Home Chapel. Officiating were Ministers Dale Scott and Tommy Johnson.

Mrs. Loudermilk died at 5:30
o’clock Wednesday afternoon,
September 18, 1991 in De Leon Hospital.

Daughter of the late W. L. and Lou
Weatherby Winkles, she
was born May 4, 1913 in Comanche County. She married Verteree Edward
Loudermilk
on November 10, 1935 in De Leon.He
preceded her in death April 20, 1972.

Mrs. Loudermilk was a member of
Pearl Street Church of
Christ, and had been a long time employee of Durham Peanuts and Gold
Kist
Peanuts.

Mrs. Loudermilk is survived by a
daughter Darlene
Loudermilk of Comanche; 2 brothers, Billie Winkles of Dublin and W. C.
(Dub)
Winkles of Weatherford; and a sister, Mae Bell Scott of De Leon.[MARKER][PHOTO]

MAUDE LYNN LOUDERMILK

Mrs. Maude Loudermilk, 80, died at
7:30 a.m. today at a
local hospital. Graveside services are to be at 1 p.m. Saturday at
Downing
Cemetery with the Rev. Mike Redden officiating.

Born Feb 15, 1896 in Bastrop
County, she married Vol
Loudermilk Dec 22, 1910 in Comanche, Texas. She died 13 June 1975.

NATHANIEL SMITH
LOUDERMILK

(De Leon) - Nathaniel S. (Nat)
Loudermilk, 87, retired
trucker of Caldwell, Texas died Sunday April 3, 1977 at the Leisure
Lodge
Nursing Home in Caldwell. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the De
Leon
Funeral Home Chapel.

Payne Hattox, Church of Christ
minister of Stephenville,
will officiate. Burial will be in Downing Cemetery.

Born May 15, 1889, in Downing, he
was a retired trucker
and a member of the Church of Christ. He had lived in Caldwell for the
past 25
years and in Comanche County before that. He married Vader Baccus Feb.
15,
1945, in Comanche County.

Survivors include his wife; two
sons, Sherman of Los
Angeles, Calif., and Hardy of San Antonio; three sisters, Berta Jenkins
of
Brownwood, Kathryn Scott of Downing, and Mrs. Cecil Sneed of Comanche;
six
grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.[MARKER][PHOTO]

NATHILEE LOUDERMILK

Nathilee Loudermilk passed away
November 12, 2000 at the
De Leon Nursing Home. She was 84.

Funeral services were held November
14, 2000 at 10:00 a.m.
at the De Leon Church of Christ with J. F. Lilly officiating and
assisted by
Glenn Boyd. Burial is in the Downing Cemetery. Pallbearers were Royce
Lesley,
Curtis Lesley, Johnny Scott, Walter Loudermilk, Gary Loudermilk and
Frank Pope.

She was born May 5, 1916 in
Downing, Texas to the late
William Boyd and Beulah Beaty Boyd. She married Don Loudermilk on
October 7,
1933 in De Leon, Texas. She was a homemaker, lifelong resident of De
Leon/Downing area and a member of the Downing Church of Christ.

Survivors include one daughter and
son-in-law, Freda and
Gerald VanZandt of De Leon; two grandchildren, Bart VanZandt and Bubba
VanZandt; three great-grandchildren, Dusty, Brit and Baily VanZandt.

Mrs. Loudermilk was preceded in
death by her husband, Don
Loudermilk, November 13, 1994 and one brother, G. O. Boyd.[MARKER][PHOTO]

NEVA MAE LOUDERMILK

Funeral services for Mrs.
Loudermilk were held at 3:00 o’clock
Monday afternoon, December 24, in De Leon at the Nowlin Funeral Home.Officiating was Minister Payne Hattox. Burial
was in the Downing Cemetery.

Mrs. Loudermilk was born in
Comanche County, Texas (to Bob
& Lillie Carter Hendrix). She was a housewife and member of the
Downing
Church of Christ. She was the widow of Roy Loudermilk.

Survivors include two sons, Gilbert
Ray Loudermilk of
Burleson and Walter Bob Loudermilk of Stephenville; five grandchildren;
and
four great-grandchildren.

Music was by the De Leon Church of
Christ arranged by Fred
Holdridge.[MARKER][PHOTO]

O. A. LOUDERMILK

(Funeral Services for Winters Man
to be Held Today) - 1929

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67

Funeral services will be conducted
today for A. A.
Loudermilk who died suddenly at the family residence west of Winters
Wednesday
afternoon. Death was due to organic heart trouble. The funeral service
and
interment will be at Downing, near Comanche, the remains having been
conveyed
overland there yesterday.

Although death came suddenly, the
deceased had been in ill
health for a number of years. He moved with his family here about one
year ago
from Comanche, where he resided for a number of years. While in this
vicinity
he won many friends who join the Enterprise in extending sympathies to
the
bereaved.

Mrs. Loudermilk is a teacher in the
Cochran School.

The deceased is survived by his
wife and one son; his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Loudermilk of Comanche, and eight
brothers and two
sisters, all of whom will be present for the funeral service today.

A number of relatives were called
here to accompany the
remains to Downing.

(Added: O. A. Loudermilk was born
20 March 1896, in
Downing, Texas, and died 21 August 1929, Winters, Texas.)[MARKER][PHOTO]

She was born December 18, 1900 in
Blanket, Texas to George
W. and Florida Texas Baxter Garner, both deceased. Mrs. Henderson was
married
to Earney V. Loudermilk June 12, 1920 in Comanche County, Texas. He
preceded
her in death on April 18, 1964. She later married Cecil Henderson on
September
1, 1968. He preceded her in death on August 22, 1977.She was a teacher and had taught in Comanche
County and originally received her teaching credentials from North
Texas
Teachers College in 1918. She was a faithful member of the Church of
Christ.
She had previously resided in Downing, De Leon and Fort Worth.

Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, April 10,
1999 at the De Leon Church of Christ. Burial followed in the Downing
Cemetery.
Minister A. C. Morris officiated with Nowlin Funeral Home in charge.

Born November 23, 1899, in Downing,
she married Jeff
Loudermilk January 13, 1918. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
She was
a retired beautician. She had lived in Stephenville for 15 years,
moving from
Fort Worth.

Mr. Loudermilk died September 9,
1970.

Survivors include a son, Garland of
Stephenville, a
daughter, Jean Sigler of Stephenville; three sisters, Mrs. Carl Simpson
and
Bertha Cottrell, both of De Leon, andLottie
Clements ofCalifornia;
three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.[MARKER][PHOTO]

ROY LOUDERMILK

(De Leon)

Services for Roy Loudermilk, 67, a
lifetime resident of
Downing, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the De Leon Church of Christ with
Payne
Hattox, minister officiating, assisted by minister Moore Eubanks of
Brownwood.

Burial will be in Downing Cemetery
under the direction of
Higginbotham Funeral Home.

Mr. Loudermilk, a farmer, died at
10:30 p.m. Thursday in
his home at Downing after a short illness.

Born Aug. 26, 1903 at Downing, he
married Neva M. Hendrix
Jan 9, 1932 at Van Dyke and was a member of the Church of Christ.

Survivors include his wife; two
sons, Gilbert R.
Loudermilk of Fort Worth and Walter Bob Loudermilk of College Station;
three
brothers, Murray L. Loudermilk of Brownwood, Lee A. Loudermilk of
Comanche and
Don W. Loudermilk of Downing; one sister, Mrs. Ima Lesley of De Leon;
and five
grandchildren.[MARKER][PHOTO]

ROY LEE LOUDERMILK

Roy Lee Loudermilk, 66,
Goldthwaite, member of a widely
known Comanche County family, died Sunday, October 2, 1988 in a
Goldthwaite
hospital.

Funeral services for Mr. Loudermilk
were held at 2:00 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon, October 4, at Stacy-Wilkins Funeral Home Chapel.
Officiating
was Minister Jack Ruth.

Burial was in the Downing Cemetery,
Comanche County,
Texas.

Mr. Loudermilk was born in
Comanche, Texas 19 January
1922, and was a member of the Church of Christ. He retired from Mrs.
Baird’s
Bakeries. He was a U. S. Navy veteran of World War II.

Survivors include a son, Larry
Loudermilk of Houston; a
daughter, Crystal Phillips of Mullin; his mother Oma Loudermilk of Fort
Worth;
a brother Gayle Loudermilk of Fort Worth; a sister, Aline Jones of Fort
Worth;
a stepson, Gary Partin of Nacogdoches; and 10 grandchildren.[MARKER][PHOTO]
[SERVICE]

R.Q. LOUDERMILK

(De Leon)

PAGE
69

Services for R.Q. Loudermilk, 63,
of Fort Worth, will be
at 2 p.m. today at Downing Cemetery. Rev. Johnny Burleson will
officiate.

Mr. Loudermilk died at 8:30 a.m.,
Saturday, and died Feb
2, 1974 in a Fort Worth hospital.

He was born Sept 30, 1910 in
Comanche County and was a
retired Bell Helicopter employee, and served in the Army in World War
II. He
was married to Mary Miers March 5, 1938, in De Leon.

Survivors include his wife, and a
brother, Henry
Loudermilk of Hico.[MARKER][PHOTO]
[SERVICE]

THEONE
KENNEDY LOUDERMILK

(Dallas)

Theone K. Loudermilk, 87, a former
De Leon resident, died
Thursday April 15, 2004 at a Carrollton nursing center.

She was born on February 8, 1917 in
Comanche County, Texas
to the late William Oliver Kennedy and Cora Boyd Kennedy.

She was a homemaker and a retired
employee of Durham
Peanut Company and Comanche Manufacturing. She was a member of Downing
Church
of Christ.

She was united in marriage to Lee
(Mack) Loudermilk on
April 7, 1938 in Comanche County, Texas.

Survivors are her daughter and
son-in-law, Betty and Frank
Pope of Coppell; two grandsons and their wives, Mark and Kay Pope of
The
Colony; and Mike and Charlotte Pope of Coppell; seven
great-grandchildren,
Rebekah Pope, Aimee Smith and husband Eric, Amanda Pope, Jeff Pope,
Andrew
Pope, Chelsea Pope, and Chase Pope; brother and sister-in-law, Travis
and Ovie
Kennedy of Clifton, one sister Nina Beth Martines of De Leon and a host
of
nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband,
parents,
one brother, M.D. Kennedy and one sister, Ruby Eliff.

Funeral services were at 1:00 p.m.
on Saturday, April 17,
2004 at Nowlin Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. J.F. Lilly, grandsons,
Mark Pope
and Mike Pope officiating. Burial followed in the Downing Cemetery with
Nowlin
Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

WALTER HENRY LOUDERMILK

WALTER H. LOUDERMILK died in
Downing this morning April 20th,
1939, at about 7:45 o’clock, following an illness of only four days.
The
funeral will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. from the Church of Christ in
Downing,
with interment in the Downing Cemetery.

Walter H. Loudermilk was born in
Cartersville, GA
(Cassville), August 10, 1863. He came to Texas when twenty-one years of
age and
settled in Downing, Comanche County, where he married Miss Mintie
Wilson. He
was a farmer and also had a small grocery store. He was a prominent
citizen of
his community and a faithful member of the Church of Christ. He
operated his
business until Saturday when he fell from the porch at the family
residence,
with a heart attack from which he could not recover.

WALTER HENRY LOUDERMILK

Walter H. Loudermilk whose death
was reported in the Free
Press last week had been a resident of the Downing community a half
century. He
settled there in the year 1884.

Mr. Loudermilk was born in
Cassville, Ga., August 10th
1863, being almost seventy-six years of age. He had been in fairly good
health
up to last Saturday night; then he was stricken with a heart attack,
falling
from the porch. He rallied from the fall for two or three days, then
suddenly
began sinking. Death came at 7:35 Thursday morning, April 20th,
1939.

Mr. Loudermilk was married to
Mintie C. Wilson, daughter
of Vol Wilson of Comanche County. Twelve children were born to this
union. Mrs.
Loudermilk and ten children survive. They are: Murray, Holder and Ewell
Loudermilk of Brownwood, Texas; Mrs. Alma Hafford, Mrs. Noble Lesley,
Earney,
Lee, Roy, Houston and Don Loudermilk of Downing.

Mr. Loudermilk was a pioneer farmer
and had operated a
mercantile business at Downing since 1900. He was a devoted, loving
father and
companion, a faithful and consistent member of the Church of Christ
some 50
years. He lived and died at peace with man and God, surely he has
gained an
abundant entrance into that place prepared for the faithful. His
remains were
laid to rest at Downing Cemetery 3:00 o’clock p.m., Friday, April 21,
1939.
Elder Cantrell of Brownwood officiated.[MARKER][PHOTO]

LETTY GRACE MOON

Letty Grace Moon, 96 years, 4
months, and 3 days of age,
of Brownwood, Texas passed away on Friday, September 13, 2002 in
Brownwood,
Texas. She was born April 14, 1906 in Bucklin, MO to the late Isaac
Webber and
Cora Ellen Coffman Webber. She served as president of Woman’s Club in
Des
Moines, Iowa, a proof reader in a publishing company, was a member of
the De
Leon Garden Club, Odessa Poetry Society, Poetry Society of Texas and
U.S.,
International Society of Poets. She was a published poet and a member
of De
Leon First Christian Church. She was a resident of Brownwood, Texas,
coming
from Des Moines, Iowa, Odessa, Texas and De Leon, Texas. She was a
homemaker.
Mrs. Moon was married to the late Jesse M. Moon, Sr. on September 2,
1925 in
Chariton, Iowa.

Funeral
services were held on Wednesday, September 18,
2002 at 2:00 P.M. at First Christian Church in De Leon.